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.......==§              ... SLEEP ...               §==.......
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.,=†=%@### SLEEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL  OF THE ###@%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## DAY.  SLEEP  IS  SAYING  GOODBYE  FOR  A ##@§%=†=,.
.,=††===%§ WHILE.  IF  YOU CAN DREAM,  YOU ALSO GET §%===††=,.
.,=†=%§§@@ TO  VISIT  FRIENDS  AND  OTHER  ANIMALS. @@§§%=†=,.
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.,=†=%§### DEEPER  THAN  DEATH  IS  TO BE ALIVE AND ###§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## ASLEEP. IT IS DEATH IF  IT WAS TEMPORARY ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@##            AND REJUVENATING.             ##@§%=†=,.
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....,===§@ SLEEP  IS  A  BLACK  MARBLE  OUTSIDE  OF @§===,....
.,,=††††%@ WHICH THERE  IS NOTHING.  INSIDE  IS ALL @%††††=,,.
.,=†=%§@## THE   STARS   AND   IN  THE   MIDDLE   A ##@§%=†=,.
.....,†%@# BLACK LAKE.  AT THE FOOT  OF  THIS  LAKE #@%†,.....
.,=†=%§@##           STANDS AN OLD FRIEND.          ##@§%=†=,.
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.,=††==%§#                                          #§%==††=,.
.,=†=%§@## WHEN YOU  SLEEP  ALL SOUND  IS INTERNAL. ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## WHEN  YOU   SLEEP  YOUR  BRAIN  SHRINKS. ##@§%=†=,.
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.,=†=%§@##                  ..,,..                  ##@§%=†=,.
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.,=†=%§@## IF  YOU WISH TO MEASURE SLEEP, USE THESE ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§§§@    FOUR QUANTIFIERS:: GRIP, DEEPNESS,    @§§§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@##   OTHERWORLDINESS AND REVITALIZATION.    ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@##                                          ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=§@### GRIP GOES FROM  NOT BEING ABLE TO LET GO ###@§=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## ALL   DAY  (LEFT)  TO   NOT   CARING  TO ##@§%=†=,.
.....,==%@            REMEMBER (RIGHT).             @%==,.....
.,=†=%§@##                                          ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@##     DEEPNESS GOES FROM BEING SEVERAL     ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†==%§@@ HUNDRED  METERS  DOWN  (LEFT) TO  BARELY @@§%==†=,.
.....===§§       TOUCHING THE SURFACE (RIGHT).      §§===.....
..,=†==%@#                                          #@%==†=,..
.,=†=%%§§#    OTHERWORLDLINESS GOES FROM A SINGLE   #§§%%=†=,.
....,===%@  COHERENT DREAMSCAPE (LEFT), VIA NORMAL  @%===,....
.,=†=%§@## DREAM  AMOUNTS  (MIDDLE)  TO  NO  DREAMS ##@§%=†=,.
....=====§                 (RIGHT).                 §=====....
.,=†=%§###                                          ###§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@@@ REVITALIZATION  GOES  FROM A FEELING  OF @@@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§### NOT  HAVING SLEPT AT ALL (LEFT) TO BEING ###§%=†=,.
.....==%@# FULL  OF  ENERGY  AND   MAYBE   OPTIMISM #@%==.....
.,=†=%§@##                 (RIGHT).                 ##@§%=†=,.
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.,=†=%§@##                    ,,                    ##@§%=†=,.
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.,=†=%§### HIGH OTHERWORLDLINESS  AND  HIGH GRIP IS ###§%=†=,.
.....,†=§#     A PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE COMBO.      #§=†,.....
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...,===%@#             ... SEE ALSO ...             #@%===,...
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.,=†=%§@##              SLEEP DEITIES               ##@§%=†=,.
...,,††=%§               THE BLACKBIRD              §%=††,,...
..,,,,===§                 SOLIPSISM                §===,,,,..
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....,=†=%@                  ==††==                  @%=†=,....
.,,,=†††=§            ... FURTHERMORE ...           §=†††=,,,.
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.,=†=%§@@@ THIS  IS STILL A  PLACE:  HERE,  IN  THE @@@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## SILENCE,   DARKNESS  AND  NIGHT   -  AND ##@§%=†=,.
.....,†=%§ LONELINESS,  HOLDING A KIND  OF DILUTION §%=†,.....
.,=†=%§§@# OF  REALITY,  AND  SUDDENLY   IT'S   NOT #@§§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## IMPORTANT  THAT  I LIE  IN MY  BED,  THE ##@§%=†=,.
.,======%§ LACK  OF  PRESENCE  BRINGS  THE   NOTION §%======,.
.,=†=%§### THAT,  IF  I  DO  NOT  CHOOSE  SLEEP,  I ###§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@##   CHOOSE PAST, FUTURE, SOMETHING WITH    ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@## MORE  SUBSTANCE  THAN   THE   OBJECTS  I ##@§%=†=,.
.,=†=%§@##          SURROUND MYSELF WITH.           ##@§%=†=,.
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